CORON Escapade Sarap Ulit-ulitin!!

Today, 9:17pm my time, i am starting to create a letter... no.. a note.. a note that would add something on my journal... the journal of my life (would that be right??) Its been what? months after i last wrote on the pages of my life... what am i thinking? my experiences? my learning's in life? the struggles that i have right now and how will i be able to survive it?

Well i guess i am getting older.. no mature would rather be more appropriate.. i am getting matured on dealing with things.. asking myself a lot of time.. is this really me?? where is the Gladies that i know... or maybe this is just me.. i feel horrible.. haay..

Anyway, my story today is about my Coron escapade with Epie, Kuya Ron, Fafa Rey, Papa Jep, Mama En and Joy.

This is my first trip ever here in the country, and the second trip ever of my life. As Epie, who is the busiest, the punong abala, the boss of this trip, who made this wonderful experience possible, booked us going there days after she went in Coron, she sent this package trips going in the most beautiful places in the country, i told her that i really love to go to Coron and maybe we could ask the tropa to go there. As i can remember it was before my birthday. 

As everyone wants to come, I and Epie checked the package tour and then decided to plan our own trip as it is cheaper. Thanks to her, we booked ourselves going there. Originally, we were nine but since time and fate didn't allow the two of the tropa in going there, sad but we still manage to go with the plan.

Sept 10, 2010, after 2 months of patiently waiting (adik lang), we went to the airport. 

Me, Papa Jep, Kuya Ron, Fafa Rey, Epie, Mama En and Joy. Special thanks to Dawgiebear for the photo.

Me, Papa Jep, Kuya Ron, Fafa Rey, Epie, Mama En and Joy. Special thanks to Dawgiebear for the photo.

Shit! papunta na kami,i really have this feeling that i will enjoy the whole trip. First rule sa lahat ng lakad, BAWAL ANG KJ. Lahat naman is very okay and excited magpapicture sa kahit saang sulok ng lugar na puntahan namin sa airport, so tama nga, ill enjoy this lakad talaga kasi lahat kami pare-pareho ng nararamdaman. After the 40 mins of air travel (parang si darna lang noh?), na halos mainlove talaga ako sa tanawin na makikita sa himpapawid (lalim).

nakarating kami sa Coron. Hangin palang ulam na talaga. the best. habang pababa ako sa eroplano, mas lalo ako naeexcite to see how beautiful Philipines is. 

After eating the super dami and luxurious na mga food sa gateway hotel (pero di kami dito nag stay) nung lunch, we went back to our hotel to prepare going to Mount Tapyas.

Its about 40 minutes hiking (sa definition ko ng hiking) when we get to the top of the hill. 700 steps daw but not sure kung 700 nga, i wasn't able to count it kasi nga kapagod. MAdami kame stop over on the way to the top, to take pictures, to see how beautiful the whole town, ksi from the top of the hill makikita mo ang napakagandang karagatan sa bahagi ng Palawan, ang mga Isla na may kanya kanyang ganda, nakilala namin ang sleeping Giant, nakakilala din kame ng bagong tropa (Yung dalawang bata na nag guide samin hanggang taas na may tinfang C2 na tig 35Php kasi galing MAynila daw, na naging super friend ni Joy), nakaisip kami ng ibat ibang pangalan ng bibilhin naming isla. ilan at ganu kalaki ang isla namin, sino ang mga pdeng pumunta dun, anu ang dress code ng mga taong pupunta dun, from isla gladisha to isla enerah (na for me ang ganda talaga ng pangalan ng islang ito), from the first step to the 700th step. Akala ko mahirap ang pag-akyat, mas mahirap pla ang pababa. Gravity pulls you down that you want to rest but your body still want to go down, super kapagod. but we made it. Natapos namin ang Mt.Tapyas with smiles and pawis in our faces.

Next stop, sa Maquinit hot spring, I've been with several hots springs here in Laguna pero, going here is very differnet. why? bukod sa 39 to 40 degrees ang init ng tubig, this is the first time na ang swimming ako sa hot spring na madami puno na malapit sa dagat na totoong hot spring talaga. from the usual picture taking na talaga namang super enjoy, i would say, ang sartap sa pakiramdam, after naming umakyat ng burol, na sobrang kapagod yet enjoy, we have an hour of swimming na talaga namang super nakakarelax. nawala ang sakit ng mga hita namin. it really feels wonderful talaga. After having our first swim sa maalat at maquinit na spring, syempre, nakakagutom yung activities namin na yun.

It's dinner time!!!

We had crabs (mouth watering talaga) and squids for dinner. grabe yun, galit galit kami sa pakikipag-wrestling sa crabs. in the end, we were all smiling sa kabusugan. kung busog masarap matulog pero di kame natulog, we went out pa sa karagatan, may isang boat dun na pde mag disco. Aus na aus for the party people and party animals kasi its not just the tribal drums ek ek sa dinner ang meron dun, the place is great, parang nasa isang yacht ka sa gitna ng dagat papatugtug ka ng sounds, unting sayaw, sabay sa kanta, picture taking, konting inom,madami kwentuhan at kalokohan, we just felt na we need to rest kasi sobrang pisikal ng activities namin and we need strength for the island hoping the next day.

 Passed 11 na kami nung makauwi sa hotel, since i havent slept since thurday morning, ayun, knock out ako. isang higa palang sa kama ko, walang toothbrush at ligo ako. nakatulog na ako sa sobrang pagod.

Basta nagkamalay na ako, kinabukasan nung paalis na kme. We had our breakfast (monay, pansit, chizwhiz at coffee) while waiting for our food na dadalhin sa byahe.sarap gumising to see how beautiful the place is and how looking forward you are sa mga isla na pupuntahan mo pa.  Grabe isang oras na ako nagtatayp dito di pa tapos. parang walang sense na ah. 

Cge i'll continue, we first went sa Malcapuya Island. 

This place os wonderful. the sand is so fine. parang bora (shit di pa ako nakakapunta dun panu ko nalaman? syempre sinabi ni Kuya na nag gagayd samin). the water is unbelievably flawless super clear, the best! you can see corals, grass, and fishes. at take note ha, the fishes dun is pang aquarium sa ganda. at ang pinakamaganda dun is kahit sang parte ka ng isla magpapiktyur eh maganda! this island is flawless!!

We had our lunch sa boat going to the Coron Lake (hindi ito ang totoong name nito, di ko maalala eh), this place is stunning sa ganda. it is worth the super akyat namin sa hill ulet.

Mas stiff sya compare to mount tampas and mas mahirap kasi tapalagang sa gubat ka naakyat,  but ill do that 100 times just to be in this place.  very beautiful. im speachless talaga. then since super nag enjoy kame we never thought na hapon na and we need na makarami ng island. Kaso since nag lolow tide na we had to choose yung place na last na pupuntahan namin, and we choose the Banul island (sana tama nakalimutan ko na din itong island name), sa sobrang gaganda nila, parang di ko na kayang matandaan mga names nila, basta maganda. we had picture taking dun, and ito pinaka kakaiba, nagtry manghuli ng fish si Kuya ROn, Fafa Rey at Joy, ako? help para lumubog si kuya Ron at taga tawa. hehe.. super enjoy and nakaakbitin kasi the island tour is over. 

We need to go back to the hotel and make aus of our things. that night, we just had our dinner sa hotel, dami pa namin natira nung lunch (shrimps, fish and mr. chips :D).the Coron experience is one of the best lakads we had. this is really worth it. We managed to meet our different skeds (from normal, NA and EU shifts), we all survive the though roads going to the places, from the hiking and treking, from the hotest to the warmest temp of water, from the saltiest to the mejo tabangers na water, from the mababaw to the deepest part of the sea, from the cave na spooky at first but seeing yung ilalim, worth it! But its not just the place, but its also the people you're with. 

Im happy travelling around with these guys kasi they love exploring things. To Epie, na always making our lakad possible, from baguio, to batangas, to pagsanjan now sa Coron na din, thanks kasi you're always like that. To Kuya Ron, na talaga naman the veyst! sa lahat ng idea, To Jep, na talaga namang di naubusan ng adlib, from hunky fafa, to kargador, to being a friend, anu pa ba? amboy nga pla nalimutan ko. :D, to Fafa Rey, na talaga namang kahit dang angulo gwapo. To Mama En, sa guidance, at sa kakikayan, na talaga namang model na model, and to Joy na talaga namang tinalbugan mo kameng lahat. ahehehe.

Well. yun lang maishe-share ko for now. saka ko na lagyan ito ng structure kasi nid to rest na. Mejo sumasakit na injury ko (di ko nabanggit na nadulas ako, patanga tanga talaga).CORON = highly recommended for all.

Happy Birthday!

1.06 AM of June 29, an hour and 6 minutes after my birthday.

After reflecting of what happened to me during this days, im happy I turned 25 knowing that a lot of people, well not thousands, but I felt that lots of people really cares and loves me.

It feels so good that you are loved. And that everyone, hopefully everyone, is really happy they met me. And I feel the same way knowing them. Tama nga sabi ng isang kaibigan ko, the bigger the place you’re in, the safer you are. The more people you know and maybe touched my life, and hopefully did touched their lives as well, the safer I am in the world I am in. And honestly, i feel very safe. I may not have lots of super friend but I have true friends.

First and foremost, I would like to say thank you for all people who remembered my birthday. It means so much to me. For my ate’s who prepared the celebration earlier in the office, that no matter how they busy they are, they still find time to prepare something for me. I never had ate’s before, but now, I found them all, they are not just one, but they are seven of them who prepared that and I would also include my three kuya’s. Sorry to say guys, I hold the record, youngest in the group :).  A big thanks I really appreciated it.

I haven’t mentioned pa, for the record, its been what? 10 years since I last blew a candle on my birthday, they say cakes are for kids but they really gave me this cake. I am so touched arriving in the office with a cakes and balloons in my table. I felt loved.

But I am always loved, I can feel that, wherever I go, I am loved, I know, I just know. We maybe miles apart (ang layo noh? Miles talaga), but my forever friends never forget. Sa mga sisters ko at mga kapatid ko na kasama ko sa lahat ng kalokohan, thank you sa pag-alaala. Salamat sa mga messages na talagang naghaplos ng aking puso. May isa nga dun pinaiyak ako. i can now say, I am really, really a very good kunsintidor.. :) friend pala. Hehehe.. Thank you guys, you mean like a family to me and tulad ng lagi ko sinasabi, im just an FB away..

Syempre pinasalamatan ko na lahat ng kaibigan and friedships and fans ko (meganun?) I would of course thank my parents who brought me where I am right now. Who keeps on supporting me, no matter what my achievement are and kung may achievements. Family is everything to me, like my friends are my family, I treasure them kasi they are the reason keeping me strong, brave and beautiful (san nanggaling yun??)..

Kaya ang birthday wish ko ngaun?? MAGKAROON NA AKO NG BF.. waaahhhh.. joke lang.. syempre I would want blessings to come with me to share with the people I love. Sabi nga, happiness is real when shared.

Happy birthday sakin, im 25 na, a year older, bolder, wiser, more mature I guess, sexier and syempre now that im 25, mapanatili ko sana ang aking katawang lupa..

What We All Have In Common

Nakakatawa how one falls in love then falls out of it...

It's funny rin how one would die looking for it, while one would just let it die...

It's ridiculous how each and everyone of us is very much affected by
love...

And it's a wonder how everyone lives because of LOVE...

Well, here is a story...

In a dream, GOD told me, that I could pick up any man I like from His
field. BUT I have to choose only one. Once na nakapili na ako, I have to raise my hand as a signal that I finally found him, then go back to GOD for praise. But NO!!! May isa pang kondisyon --
I could never turn back. Once nalampasan ko, I should move on. So sabi ko, GOD surely won't give me rotten crops of men. I have been a good daughter and I deserve to be with a good man. I was confident I'll get the best pick.

So my journey began. As I went through the field, nakita ko ang iba't ibang klase ng lalake. Some were tempting me to pick them up. And some were indeed tempting to pick up. Pero sabi ko, baka may mas gwapo, mas mabait, mas matalino, mas masipag, mas mahal ako sa dulo ng field na ito. So I let go. Once. Twice. Thrice. I believed fervently that in the end of the field is my prince, waiting for me with open arms.

Then I saw a man. He looked at me straight in the eye and blew a kiss. Our gazes met and I don't know why, pero there was something in him that I longed for. I felt as if something was drawing me to him. Pero di pwede. I have to make it to the end of the field. Baka sabihin ni God, atat ako chaka wala akong patience. Naisip ko
If habang lumalayo ako, nakakakita ako ng ganitong klase ng lalake, baka as I move further eh may mas hihigit pa sa kanya.

Until, I reached the end of the field. And wala akong nakita!!!

GOD asked me, "Di ba napakakulit mo, araw-araw na ginawa ng Diyos...ay, ako pala yun...eh nagdadasal ka na magkaroon ng perfect partner in life, bakit ngayon wala kang dala.My crops are all fresh and good. There is nothing there not ready and good for picking."

I answered, "I thought I would see someone at the end of the field . Eh dyuskupo, wala na pala . I thought that each step I took brought me closer to perfection when in fact,each step brought me closer to nothingness. I remembered that man who was looking at me. I know he's the one but I let him go, believing na there's someone better
at the end of the field. Oh, darn it!"

God said, "I'm sorry my child, but I have given you enough time to choose. You should face reality and its consequences."

With my head bowed down I said, "I'm sorry I wasn't brave enough to raise my hand in the middle of the field and commit myself to someone. I was not ready to face the challenges of life with someone I thought was of lesser value than me...I'm sorry."

Nagising akong umiiyak, saying sorry to GOD and feeling sorry for my self and my life.Then I realized that GOD is giving me another chance to choose but not in His field but in the field of uncertainty. Now, I'm thinking about that man in the field, the man I felt was for me, wondering what might have been if I raised my hand the moment I saw him.

Then it hit me. What is the meaning of all my hardship to be successful and wealthy? I may become the most powerful and successful person on earth but if I don't have that someone whom will I share my love and happiness with, then it will not be worth anything.

Para sa ating lahat 'to. Think about it. We are not getting any younger. Explore GOD's field. I'm sure nanjan lang sha sa tabi-tabi. Maaring in the beginning, in the middle or in the end. It's for you to find out. But most importantly, it's for you to choose.
It's a part of the whole concept of love. It's a risk you have to take, a decision you have to make. And once you have decided on it, there's no turning back. Bear in mind that with this comes the courage to raise your hand and declare that you've found your match, whether you're at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of your journey. Or else, you'll regret it.

At ang huling phase ng lahat ng yan eh ito lang -- once you've raised your hand, go back to God and thank Him. In short, maging kontento ka sa napili mo. Ikaw naman ang pumili nyan eh. All He did was to give you options. And since He gave you that privilege, consider it a blessing .

-found this story from my email

Emo na naman

Its 10.43 pm here sa office. 1 hour and 17 minutes nlng eh uwian na. kinda weird today kasi parang may hang-over pa ata ako sa 8th world wonder na short story sent by bdet yesterday. Weird but I really feel this sadness inside of me eh.

The story was good. I don’t know if it’s a true story o fiction lang but it keeps me wondering, when will I find my 8th world wonder? What if I found it na, kaso di pala ako ang 8th world wonder nya (ouch!). What if nakita ko na dati but I didn’t know na sya pala ang wonder na yun sa buhay ko? What if I am blinded of what I thought na 8th world wonder ko na eh hindi naman pla (fake na 8th world wonder)? Would I be happy once I found this 8th world wonder na ito? Magiging tulad ba ako nung isang kakilala ko na sabi nya “I found my 8th world wonder, sadly the feeling isn’t mutal”?

Super Emo ako ngaun. Natatawa nga ako, I changed my status sa ym, then dami nag react. Sabi nila inlove daw ako. Ang sabi ko kasi dun is “It’s official, the slave fell in love with her master -from the 8th world wonder”. Yun lang ang dami na nag sabi na I’m in love. Well I’m always in love with love. I’m a damn hopeless romantic waiting to be found by someone and consider me as their 8th world wonder. Hindi ako naiinip, hindi ako naghahanap, hindi din ako naghihintay (hanggang tingin tingin lang ako) at wala ako hinihintay (for the record) minsan lang naiingit ako with other people who found love. Like in the story, this girl unexpectedly falls in love with her master. Nakakatuwa kasi sa story is that these two people enjoy being together na nag aasaran, na nag-aaway, na they enjoy hating each other pero in the end they love each other. They showed they care with each other differently but you know that they are doing it because they care too much for each other.

Minsan nga iniisip ko (eto na naman ako, EMO p*tah!), when will I find him, when will I find this guy who could do wonders sa'kin as a person. The one who can make me smile even my whole world is tearing apart, the guy who would make me feel that I’m secured even just by saying that he will be there (kahit sa text lang), a guy that would hold me like I am very fragile, the guy who would care and understand me during the worst mood that I have (lalo na kapag inatake ako ng kalukahan ko). The guy who can make me shut my mouth if I start to talk to loud, or laugh very loud or start nagging and bragging and all that but still understand me specially when I don’t say anything.

Ganyan ako kademanding kaya cguro wala ako makita. I don’t know, I am not looking kasi I thought I found na, like my dearest friend (alam mu na kung sino ikaw) eh the feeling isn’t mutual. Baka ako lang ang nag-iisip. Gustuhin ko man makinig sa payo ni Ma’am Mannie earlier na I should tell him in order for me to moved on and lived a happy life, I can’t!!!! why? because I know the answer. (The answer is always a no if you didn’t ask) P*tah! San galing un? Minsan kasi you don’t need to ask if you are sensitive enough sa feeling ng taong nakapaligid sa’yo. Parang kapag nakakita ka ng taong naipit ng pintuan sa MRT o sa LRT, it’s a stupid question to ask them kung masakit ba maipit nun. It’s the same way around. Hehehe ganda ng example (parang tanga ako natatawa ako dun sa example ko kasi it really happened, I was in the LRT1 going to Buendia and someone in Vito cruz was I a hurry to ride the train kasi nga maluwag ung train namin, aun naipit, tapos someone ask her, Miss masakit? Hehehe).

Tapos someone ask me again, am I in love? I answered the same na I’m always in love with love. Pero that time naisip ko, kanino naman ako in love? Tangahin din ako eh. We’ll matagal na akong tanga nung na in love ako dun, bakit sino ba may gusto? Wala naman di ba? Kahit ako di ko naman ginusto yun eh, kusa ko na lang naramdaman na meron na pala. Pero ayos lang, im just letting things noh. I am waiting na mawala nalang ung pakiramdam ko na mahal ko sya. Let myself be numb of this feeling gang sa magising ako isang araw na wala na. Sana di na umabot yun ng 5 years, kasi 5 years nalang, magiging desperate na ako to look for someone na makakasama ko habang buhay (hahahaha.. joke lang na half meant.. siguro minus the desperate na maghahanap).

Well I’ll stick with my decision, hintayin mawala ang kung anu mang katangahan na hinayaan ko dito sa puso ko, at the same time look for someone else. Dahil sayang ang time, tanga ko kasi di maka move on. Parang ewan lang ako ngaun, nalulungkot at nag e-emo dahil sa nabasa ko.

Enjoy life, enjoy lang sa katitingin ng mga boylets, more gimiks to come with my good friends na walang lamangan (bwahahaha!!).

Jeff, Hausen, En, Epie, Joy, Ron and ME

Papa Jep, Me, Kuya Ron, Fafa Rey ang Joy

Em, Dana, Ina, Me, Bdet, Henry, Lea, Bi, Oburi, Mhy and JC

Dana, Ina and Bdet

 
Dadating din time ko.. I just know..

8th World Wonder

Each and everyone of us has our own 8th world wonders. They may be in the form of an object, a pet, a place or a person. But the 8th world wonder is commonly said to be a person who gives you an out of this world feeling.

The concept of having an 8th world wonder cannot really be explained by someone. It’s something you have to feel first hand. It is not something that you can learn from books or from the encyclopedias. It’s actually something you learn from yourself and yourself
alone.

We don’t find this 8th world wonder cause it finds us. And as cliché as it may sound, all  we have to do, is really open our eyes to realize that our 8th world wonder, was in front  of us all along. We just can’t see it. Yet,this is the parting words from a very sweet story of a couple who turns out to be mortal enemy, then friends,then super friends then now a happy couple.

This may sound a bit corny or cheesy, but is has full of sense for a hopeless romantic like me who is always inlove with love..

Madalas ko isipin, are these story for real?that it could really happen in real life. na merong happy ending. well di kasi ako naninwala sa to is to believe na phrase pwo ang masasabi ko lang to experience is to believe.. i may not experience this yet.. pwo the best is yet to come..

and now i am wondering, have i found my 8th world wonder?

-got from a short story entitled my 8th world wonder